Letter: GOP budget will harm our families

As a citizen, I know that the health and well-being of all of America’s children is the most important thing in the life of our entire country. The budget plan passed by Republicans in Congress last week seems designed to rob America’s children of a bright future.

The Republican-backed budget would take health care away from families by repealing the Affordable Care Act and making big cuts in Medicaid.

The Republican budget slashes food stamps and other programs aimed at helping families to meet the basics.

This budget cuts child care assistance, making it more difficult for mothers and fathers to work and provide for their children’s needs.

It cuts early-childhood programs to identify and help the youngest children with disabilities.

The budget cuts federal dollars to local schools, making it necessary to increase local taxes or reduce school services.

Federal tuition assistance would be slashed, as would job training programs, continuing to limit our young adults in their ability to support themselves.

The Congressional Progressive Caucus has proposed a budget that would ensure that the wealthiest and big corporations would pay their fair share of taxes. That’s a budget America’s families need.